“Did you—did you make it back to your mates?” I whisper.
“I did,” Reyna nods, her gaze softening as she looks at me.
“What—what are you doing here? With Reyna?” I ask, my head flopping a little as I turn to look at Gwen.
“Her and her pack helped rescue all the girls from the facility!It all happened so fast! It was pretty much all in the same day you were sold! We’ve been looking for you ever since!”
“You—you’ve been looking for me?” My lower lip wobbles as I look at these two omegas.
“’Course we did,” Reyna nods.
I can’t hold it back anymore. I burst into sobs.
“All the—all the girls, they’re—they’re safe?” I say as my chest heaves.
“They are,” Gwen says, squeezing my hand before wiping at her wet cheeks. “Reyna’s pack is super powerful. Her pack and another pack called the Ward pack have made a ton of changes to the Omega Center. We all live on the grounds, but we have our own places and we’re learning to live independently. It’s amazing! You’ll love it!”
I wipe at my own cheeks before shaking my head, my heart rate picking up.
“What about—what about—“ I shake my hands from their hold and press them to my shoulders, crossing my arms over my chest as I press my palms into my bond marks. I reach out through the bond, desperately trying to feel for my mates.
The connection is weak and shaky, but I do it. I feel them.
I can practically taste their relief.
“Your bondmates?” Reyna asks, a smile tugging at the corner of her lips.
“Yeah,” I nod, frantically, my eyes bouncing around the room.
“I just have a couple things to confirm with you first, Mira. Your mates, who are they?”
“Rowan, Griffin, Ash, and Rage! Do you—do you know where they are?” I rack my memory to try and figure out what I last remember, but a lot of it is a blur. What even happened to me?
“I do know where they are,” Reyna nods reassuringly. “When you bonded with them, it was because you wanted to, correct?”
“Yes! They’re mine!” I nod frantically.
“Good. Thought you’d say that. We just had to make sure. Youwere unconscious when you were brought here, so we had no way to confirm that some foul play wasn’t involved until you woke up.”
“Can I see them? Please? I—I—“ I rub at my chest, struggling to swallow past the lump in my throat.
“’Course you can. I’ll let security know they can be let up,” Reyna says, pulling her phone out of her back pocket and shooting someone a text.
“They’ve been waiting for you to wake up,” Gwen whispers conspiratorially, an excited glimmer twinkling in her eye. “They care a lot about you, you know.”
I narrow my eyes at her, my nose scrunching. “I know. And they’re mine!”
“Of course they are,” Gwen giggles. “So territorial! It’s adorable, you know. Don’t worry, there’s plenty of fish in the sea. I’ve never seen so many attractive alphas in my life! Probably because there weren’t any back at the facility.”
If this were any other time, under any other circumstances, I’d want to hear more from Gwen about what her and the other girls have been up to, but my eyes are locked onto the door. I’m practically bouncing in the bed, my hands clutching the soft blankets on the hospital bed so hard my knuckles are going white.
The delicate bond I can feel pulsing in my chest grows stronger each second. Is it because they’re getting closer?
“You were in rough shape, when you first came in,” Reyna mentions. “Your hormones were so fucked we had to put you into a medically induced coma while we gave you all the corrective hormones. From what we learned from your mates, one of your captors at the Mercer Family Farm fed you an incomplete artificial heat inducer that really messed with your hormones.”
“Mhmm,” I nod, absentmindedly, turning my attention to her. “But my mates saved me. They protected me! They’re not in any trouble, are they? Me being sick wasn’t their fault!”
“Took us a bit of time to figure that out,” Reyna says. “Maybe a little too long, but we got it in the end. None of them are in any trouble, not even your beta.”
